Post by Phillip Sheppard on Sept 7, 2011 3:22:07 GMT -5
Hello there Final 3! Congratulations to all 3 of you, regardless of what the other jurors say, you each played great though very different games. I am unlike other jurors in that I don't like pointless questions like compare everyone to an animal or color or movie or a song or a symbol and god knows the list goes on and from what I have answered and witnessed in playing these games. I only care about one thing when making my decision and that is your gameplay and in that respect I am very different than the average juror.
For example:
REASONS TO VOTE FOR:
- she killed a rat
REASONS TO VOTE FOR:
- Found 3 Idols, 2 of which with no clues
- Manipulated every vote of every Tribal Council he attended
- Flipped John and Shambo to his side to get the numbers
- Won immunity when needed tp get out Brett, found an idol when needed to blindside Kelly
The winner seems pretty obvious to me. ANYWAY, the point is that I don't care what you had to do in this game I don't take it personally. Jimmy and Joel gave me the signals looking back on it and I should have played my Hii but I got overconfident. It's my fault I'm here so no one needs to kiss my ass or sugarcoat their answers, I am looking for honestly, strategy and gameplay moves.
ONTO THE QUESTIONS
Matty, the way I see your game is that you are sitting here in the Final 3 for winning tons of immunities. That's not entirely a bad thing, immunity is part of the game and several survivor winners have won by virtue of going on immunity runs. The thing is Matty that seems to be the only thing going for you. You got the challenge game down real good, but your social game and strategic game is very disappointing. You mentioned in the Final TC thread that you didn't talk to Julie or Jenna, not sure which, about a vote since Final 7. You had ample opportunities to make power moves in this game, even after I left. You and Joel are 2 sides of the same coin. With Jimmy betraying me, you could have gone and taken out the power players with Gillian and NaOnka and taken yourself and Joel to the Final 4. You wasted your precious triple to ensure Chet leaving, which was not necessary and you decided to stay loyal to people who had went against you before the merge and would have voted you out the very instant you didn't have that necklace. Here are my questions for you:
1. What strategic moves did you make in this game to keep yourself off the chopping block besides win immunities?
2. Why did you waste a triple vote on Chet and remain in an alliance that you were on the bottom of? Did you not know where you stood?
Jimmy, your opening is a bit dissappointing. You make it sound a bit like you did whatever Julie wanted you to do and you did it for Julie. Did she offer sexual favors in return? You'll get a chance to rectify that. I do like that you admit you turned on people that would have taken you all the way. You know Anthony was a total pawn and NaOnka was a big threat and probably would have left had she not been immune. Had you stuck with me, it would likely be me, you and Gillian in the finals. So really, you were in a great position either way probably going to the finals either way. I do feel like the decision you picked put you in a lot more danger than had you stuck with me, at the Final 9 you were a potential target for double eviction, and 6 and 5 you were close to eviction and you dodged the purple rock. Had you stuck with me, you would have gone to the finals without so much danger and without the jury hating your guts.
My questions to you
1. Obviously I need to ask, why did you choose to betray me and go with Julie? You clearly chose her over me, you know her outside this game?
2. You say in your opening you made a lot of big moves and blindsides. Besides me, can you be more specific and explain what your role was in every vote that occured after I was out.
3. What distinguishes your gameplay from Julie?
Julie, you are definitely the front runner in my vote. You had an excellent way of making allies and gaining people's trust. It seemed like you had everyone under mind control. You said in your opening I was after you, I was actually after Jenna because of her triple vote not you. I couldn't tell you because I knew you had an alliance with her, among many other people who you had under your spell. Lex you had on speed dial, You had Jenna's private real AIM, Jimmy seems to be your slave to your dirty work, Sarah you gained after warning her about Joel and Joel and Matty were hypnotized to stick with you despite you going against them pre-merge and them being both total pawns in your game.
Wow, I never had a chance of breaking that up no wonder I died trying. You even manipulated Jenna into voting off her buddy Joel in the Final 5 over Jimmy and then get her out in the Final 4 because she was your biggest jury threat
My questions to you:
1. Similar to Jimmy, after my departure how did you influence every vote up to the Final 3?
2. What did Jimmy tell you when I left and how did you unify all those people to get me out of the game?
3. Had Matty never won an immunity challenge, Would he be in the Final 3 still? If not, who would you have tried to get sitting with you and Jimmy in the end?
By the way, I did not doctor those conversations I posted, that was a pretty sneaky thing to say!
Feel free to respond to my comments in addition to the questions. Good luck to the 3 of you.